raw material

raw material

n.
1. An unprocessed natural product used in manufacture.
2. Unprocessed material of any kind: These data are the raw material for the analysis.
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raw material

n
1. material on which a particular manufacturing process is carried out
2. a person or thing regarded as suitable for some particular purpose: raw material for the army.
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raw′ mate′rial


n.
material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.
[1790–1800]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.raw material - material suitable for manufacture or use or finishingraw material - material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
feedstock - the raw material that is required for some industrial process
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Translations
مادّه خام
surovina
råmateriale
RohstoffRohstoffe
materia prima
raaka-aine
matière première
nyersanyag
materia prima
izejmateriālsjēlviela
grondstof
råstoff
matéria-prima
необработанный материалсырьё
surovina
ham madde
原料

raw material

nRohmaterial nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

raw material

nmateria prima
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

raw

(roː) adjective
1. not cooked. raw onions/meat.
2. not prepared or refined; in the natural state. raw cotton; What raw materials are used to make plastic?
3. with the skin rubbed and sore. My heel is raw because my shoe doesn't fit properly.
4. untrained; inexperienced. raw recruits.
ˈrawness noun
a raw deal
unfair treatment.
ˈraw material noun
material before being processed or manufactured; material in its natural state such as iron and coal.
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